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Today in Cape Town, South Africa, at the OCLC Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Council (EMEARC) Meeting, my colleagues Richard Wallis and Ted Fons made an announcement that should make …
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In my last post I identified the most edited records in WorldCat, which, no surprise, were all serials. Someone who read the post asked about this information by format (e.g., …
Read MoreRecently I’ve been doing a large pile of data processing jobs that has me working in cycles of 20 minutes or so. In other words, I do some edits, kick …
Read MoreThis is another installment in my continuing series of eclectic, peripatetic, and yes, let’s just say it: “pathetic” data investigations. The most recent identified the top countries of publication for …
Read MoreI’m a data geek. I just love processing data in various ways to see what I can find out. So recently I decided to look into the countries of publication …
Read MoreAs part of my work to reveal exactly how the MARC standard has been used over the several decades it has existed (available at “MARC Usage in WorldCat”), I’ve always …
Read MoreThat was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers. It was initiated by Jonathan LeBreton of Temple, who noted the questions staff raised when describing voluminous …
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Contributors to the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) have generally been national libraries and other library agencies. We have just loaded into VIAF the first set of personal names from …
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Great works are translated—the cream of the world’s cultural and knowledge heritage is shared by being translated. And many of them are represented by bibliographic records in WorldCat. A group …
Read MoreFor the last few years I have been part of a group of OCLC staff charged with articulating data sharing practices that are consistent with the WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities …
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